Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss. Philip Carlo

Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss



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Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Language: English
Page: 384
ISBN: 0061429856, 9780061429859

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*Starred Review* Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso was the boss of New York’s Lucchese Mafia family. He worked himself to the top as a cold-blooded killer, responsible for more than 50 murders. He was also, for a while, the next-door neighbor of the author. Carlo’s sister babysat for Casso; his mother was best friends with Casso’s wife. That long and trusting relationship garnered Carlo, journalist and best-selling author (The Ice Man, 2006), unprecedented access to one of the most ruthless crime bosses in the history of the American Mob. Carlo portrays a man who is tender and loyal to his family but who ruthlessly killed or ordered the killing of scores of people, many of whom were former friends. Casso, who earned a handsome living selling drugs, robbing banks, and trafficking in stolen goods, became the reluctant leader of the Lucchese family as prosecutors moved in on the Mob bosses. When he, too, was finally captured, he eventually joined the ranks of the hated “rats” and gave prosecutors an earful, including the Mob’s decision to hit John Gotti after he ordered an unapproved hit on Big Paul Castellano; how the Mafia controlled the unions; the truth behind the assassination of the Kennedys; and who killed Jimmy Hoffa. Readers interested in the inner workings of the Mafia will love this chilling look at a Mob boss. --Vanessa Bush
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

“Carlo tells this amazing story like a novel, with its dramatic ending when a hard-working, lowly police detective eventually got on Kuklinski’s trail and hunted the hunter like a real-life version of The Fugitive. A chilling look at the creation of a psychopath.” (Toronto Sun )

“I stayed up until 3:00 a.m. because I couldn’t put the book down. Quite a compelling read. The amount of details is truly amazing.” (San Jose Mercury News )

“…This book will provide true crime readers chilling inside perspective of a serial killer.” (Library Journal )

“A fine entry in the burgeoning field of works tracing the decline of the traditional organized crime families and their once impenetrable structures.” (Booklist )

“We’ve all read novelists and true crime writers who try to put you inside-the-mind-of-the-serial-killer, but I can’t remember one that succeeded with the physical and psychological intimacy of this collaboration between the writer and the killer himself.” (New York Press )

“Absorbing…detailed, Phil Carlo allows the killer’s grotesque acts to be squarely view.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review )

“This powerful story is required reading for anyone with a yen for the Mafia, the criminal underworld and a law enforcement system struggling to keep up.” (Publishers Weekly )

“And if your Sopranos addiction shows no signs of abating, check out Philip Carlo’s GASPIPE.” (Los Angeles Times )

“Carlo’s book is filled with never-known-before details. He did his homework and wrote a very compelling true crime tale.” (CNN )

PRAISE FOR GASPIPE “Carlo has the real goods. …the inside information about the lifestyle, rituals, killings and betrayals is priceless. An authoritative look at a once-rampant predator now at bay.” (Kirkus Reviews )

“Phil Carlo paints a disturbing portrait of cold-blooded killer, Richard Ramirez. In the true crime tradition of In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song, Carlo compellingly tells the ghastly story from numerous points of view, including those of Ramirez and two ingenious sheriff’s detectives who finally cracked the case.” (People )

“Carlo’s book is a chilling, painstakingly researched account of the summer that kept residents of the San Gabriel Valley and later the entire state, captive behind closed doors and windows in fear. I read the book twice I was so taken by it.” (Northridge Chronicle )

“An exceptionally well-told true crime tale.” (Publishers Weekly )

PRAISE FOR THE NIGHT STALKER“Carlo has given us an astonishing portrait of a killer not seen since In Cold Blood.” (Denis Hamill, New York Daily News )

“... the inside information about the lifestyle, rituals, killings and betrayals is priceless.An authoritative look at a once-rampant predator now at bay.” (Kirkus Reviews )

“I couldn’t put the book down. The details are amazing, told from many points of view; very scary indeed.” (Los Angeles Times )



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